Cyclone Oma pelts Vanuatu for third day
CYCLONE Oma is slowing down and gathering strength as it sits off Vanuatu’s Santo for a third straight day. The storm, still a category two, is about 295 kilometres west-southwest of the country’s largest island. It has followed an unusual path and completed three loops off Santo’s western coast. Because of this, the island has […]
John Talu Tekwie: Vanimo Free Trade Zone Project Signed by Sandaun Governor
African Union set to unveil commemorative statue of Emperor Haile Selassie I
By Kylie Kiunguyu on February 3, 2019 — The debate has been raging for the past eight years: Which African leader was the greater pioneer of Pan-Africanism – Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah or monarch and semi-deity Emperor Haile Selassie? Finally, both have been honoured with commemorative statues at the headquarters of the African Union. The issue of the […]
Plans to merge land commissions
THE Government is looking at merging the National Lands Commission and the Land Titles Commission under a new organisation which will be called Lands Tribunal Commission, Minister for Justice and Attorney-General Davis Steven says. Steven presented a statement in Parliament yesterday on the National Lands Commission (NLC) and said the commission was established under the […]